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eleonorangPaulWilliamDixon Mi piace il gelatto!
I survived two months in Italy some years ago. I just never developed the language. Grammar is pretty similar to PT, so that's not a big deal. But I def need more vocabulary! Duolingo has been great help!

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eleonorang I'm glad to know that! I also want to try Italian. Maybe some time this year, I don't know yet. I just know the basics.

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_marocca_marocca I survived 15 days 12 years ago! Still don't know how haha Maybe my Portuguese aunt had something to do with that. She's lived in Rome for the largest part of her life and wanted to make me feel welcome by speaking only in Portuguese with me. After 7 days I could easily understand all that was said, but was not able to form a full sentence.

As for Duolingo, I took it up last year, and the year before that (haha), but I can't seem to adapt to their more structural approach. I guess I need something that is hands-on. What do you think of Duolingo's methodology? And where in Italy did you stay when you traveled there?

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RenataFTorres I stayed in the Veneto Region (North) for a while (which is nothing short of breathtaking), then went down to Livorno and sorroundings. It was spring, so the temperature was just warm enough for us to enjoy the beach and not roast in the sun. _ Our flight back was from Milan, so we did stopped by some touristic atractions on the way back up as well, like the tower of Pisa and Florence. We've been to Venice before as well, super cool!

I'm ok with Duolingo's methodology for Italian, maybe it's "easy" for me because IT is very similar to PT... I'm learning Irish on it as well, and it is a bit harder. The biggest advantage of Duolingo I think is the reminders for daily practice, and the repetition. I have an Irish friend who's learning German on it and he can have a conversation with people already!

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_marocca It must've been wonderful, visiting all those great places, Marocca. And good to know about your friend. Maybe I'll give Duolingo another try. I didn't know they taught
Irish!

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Back to the Topic, I'm very excited that I signed up for some online writing courses! __ Udemy is also a good resource for courses. Although I don't think they have free ones...
Now I just have to be careful so that I don't sign up for more stuff that I can actually do

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RenataFTorres I think it only works if your app's native language is set for English I think. It won't work from Portuguese. It has more options of languages to learn if you set the app for English. I started norwegian a few months ago, but learning 2 languages has already messed with my brain, imagine 3 at once!

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eleonorang SERIOUSLY??? O.o Well, that shouldn't be surprising after Netflix put subtitles in KLINGON for their new Star Trek show